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Through her influence and care, after the adoption of the free text-book law, the books used in our schools were better cared for and kept in a much better condition than is com- mon throughout the state.
To secure this result, it was her custom to examine, per- sonally, once each year, every book in use.
Thorough in her own work, she believed in thoroughness everywhere; in discipline, in instruction and in acquirement; yet no one was more ready to make allowance for deficien- cies due to circumstances, and not the result of negligence or deliberate purpose.
True to her convictions and earnest in maintaining her own ideas, sometimes with great pain, when obliged to differ from her associates, she always commanded their respect by her sincerity, her candor and her rectitude.
The writer, who has been associated with Mrs. Miller for seven years, makes, with pleasure, this public acknowledg- ment of the obligations under which the town rests, for her long term of useful and honorable service.
J. O. NORRIS,
Melrose, January 29, 1894.
Chairman School Com.
Report of the Teacher of Drawing.
To the Superintendent of Schools, Melrose, Mass.
DEAR SIR: - The following is a report of the work in drawing in the public schools for the past year. Taking the work as a whole from the primary grade through the high school, I think we can say it is much better than in any previous year. The teachers are doing their work very satisfactorily, although the primary teachers think they are slighted by my not giving any lessons in their classes.
By dropping the drawing books last year the work was made a little harder for the grammar teachers, and they really need more of my time in their work. This might be accomplished by cutting the time in the high school to one day per week, instead of the day and one-half which I spend there now.
The work in the high school shows much improvement. This is especially noticeable in the third and fourth classes, which have had the advantages of earlier training, although good work is being done by the other two classes. We need some new models in the way of historic ornament, details of the human figure and a bust. These are necessary to have in order to advance the work.
At the close of the year we hope to give an exhibition in the Town Hall of the work accomplished this year in all the grades.
The course that is laid out for the year includes geometry, work ing drawings, pictorial drawings, development, decora- tion and applied design. The applied design is a new study
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in the public schools, but it has always seemed to me a necessary one. It takes up the designing of plaids, calico, lace, wall paper and oil cloth. These are all designed in color, using a paint called a body color, which is easily applied with a brush. The scholars seem very much interested in this work, which proves that color appeals more to the nature of the child than mere outline drawing.
Before closing this report I wish to thank the teachers for their hearty support in the work during the past year.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIS S. CARTER,
Supervisor of Drawing.
REPORT OF THE TEACHER OF MUSIC.
Mr. B. F. Robinson, Superintendent of Schools.
DEAR SIR :- The report of music for the past year must necessarily be but a repetition of the previous year's report. No new music books have been introduced; no new depart- ures made; but a constant and steady improvement in all the grades can be noted.
The rapid growth of the schools demands more time and an increase of material to work with, both of which demands have been met.
The value of the Normal Course, introduced about three years ago, is being shown by the ability shown by the scholars in sight reading and style of singing. It proves con- clusively that the very best class of music should be sup- plied to the scholars.
As yet but three books of the series have been introduced, the first, second and introductory third; but the ability shown in the lower grades, and the constant improvement they make as they advance, will shortly necessitate the use of the very highest grade of books in the high grammar grades. Some of the eighth grade schools are now using as difficult material as the high school, and rendering the music in a more finished manner, without the use of any instru- ment whatever.
The practice of training scholars to sing and read music without the aid of piano or organ, is of the highest value and greatest importance, so when the scholar enters the high school, any music within the compass of the voice, is readily
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sung, and with the piano as an accompaniment, not as a guide, the very best results can be obtained. In most all the grades below the high school, the work is most satisfactory, though not in all cases is the work even. When work is done only in concert, as in music, it is impossible to keep the same grades always in the same work, nor are they made to, the rule being to advance any class to whatever extent they can go.
The importance of the teachers following the progressive order of work cannot be overestimated, for only in that way can the different difficulties in music be overcome, and the work of the regular and special teacher go hand in hand.
One year should suffice for the second reader, Part I, and the same for Part 2, and if the regular order is followed care- fully and conscientiously, this can easily be done, and much more can be accomplished than by giving even more time in a desultory way.
Regular daily drill on tones and tone production, the read- ing of new exercises, and careful drill of the songs, should be the programme of the regular teacher, then the work re- viewed by the special teacher, and new work laid out-such work as that cannot fail to overcome all difficulties and bring the music in our schools up to the very highest grade.
The number of schools still ungraded is one hindrance to the best musical work. Where there are two or more grades in one room it is impossible to carry them along together, and as the work must be done in concert, the highest grade only can be advanced, making the following year's work for the other classes much harder. This, however, cannot be avoided, until the schools are entirely graded, which, it is hoped, can be done in time. A word with regard to the high school: At the first of the school year, in September, the school was divided into two music classes. The number of
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scholars was so large, and the hall so unsuited for so large a class, that it was decided to keep the entering class, num- bering about 100, by itself, and the change promises to be of great benefit.
In closing I wish to thank the committee, superintendent and teachers for their aid and support for the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
GRANT DRAKE.
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1893. " Nulla Palma sine Pulvere."
GRADUATION
MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL,
TOWN HALL, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 27th, Eight o'clock.
PROGRAMME.
PART I.
HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA .- Overture.
Mendelssohn. CHORUS .- "Heaven and Earth Display." (Arthalie).
SALUTATORY ESSAY .- "What is an Education ?" WARREN ERWIN GILCHRIST.
FACILITE .- French Charade in Five Acts, Four Syllables and the whole. ESSAY .- "Our Heritage."
FLORENCE ADELAIDE CHAPIN.
PIANO SOLO .- "Miserere du Trovatore." .
Prudent. FLORENCE EMMA UPHAM.
AWARDING [OF FRANKLIN FRATERNITY PRIZES AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ROLL OF HONOR.
PART II.
ORCHESTRA .- Selection.
ESSAY .- "The Immigration Question."
ASHTON LIVERMORE CARR.
GERMAN DIALOGUE .- "The Birthday Cake."
The ring has been forgotten in the baking and one of the party suspects she has swallowed it. Great excitement follows until the hostess discovers it in her own pocket. CLASS PROPHECY.
GEORGE H. SMITH.
ESSAY AND VALEDICTORY-"Heroism."
GRACE D. SANFORD.
BRIDAL CHORUS .- "The Rose Maiden."! · Cowen.
AWARDING DIPLOMAS.
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NAMES OF GRADUATES.
G. NORA LOUISE BROWN.
S. NELLIE M. CARR.
₡. HANNAH TERESA CASEY.
G. FLORENCE ADELAIDE CHAPIN.
c. ANITA BELLE CLARK.
P. ETHEL GRACE DAY.
E. MARGARET ELISABETH GRADY.
G. ANNIE E. HOWES.
P. HARRIET MAY JONES.
c. GRACE BARRY LEIGHTON.
E. NELLIE MAY PRATT.
c. GRACE D. SANFORD.
E. BERTHA H. SNOW.
E. MABEL ANNA STEWART.
c. College Course. E. English Course.
G. INEZ VIVAN STICKNEY.
G. FLORENCE EMMA UPHAM.
E. MIRIAM VAEILETTE WESTGATE.
E. MABELLE RANDALL WILKINS.
c. ASHTON LIVERMORE CARR.
E. DANIEL JOSEPH CASEY.
E. WILLIAM C. HARRIS.
G WARREN ERWIN GILCHRIST.
E. EDWIN S. HASKELL.
E. MANFRED HOLBROOK.
G. STARR KEYS.
G. EDWARD JOHN KITCHING.
ALBERT DAVID ROGERS.
c. GEORGE H. SMITH.
G. General Course. s. Special Student. P. Partial Course.
1892-1893.
SUBJECTS FOR FRANKLIN FRATERNITY PRIZES.
Ist Class .- "Some Characteristics of Milton's Angels." "A Pilgrimage to Canterbury." English Rural Life, as described in Sir Roger de Coverley papers. The Visit of the Black Knight to the Clerk of Copmanhurst .- Ivanhoe.
2d Class .- Portia Suitors.
The Quarrel Scene in Julius Cæsar. The Battle of Cunaxa and its Results. 3rd Class .- "New England Seen through our Poet's Eyes." "Homes of New England Authors;" illustrated from their works.
"Some Characteristics of the Writings of New England Authors." Cyrus, the Younger. 4th Class .- What a Person saw in Greece. Bee Life. How Plants Grow.
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Honorable mention is made of the following scholars for excellence in literature:
First Class.
Grace D. Sanford,
Florence A. Chapin,
Harriet M. Jones, Grace B. Leighton,
Florence E. Upham.
Ashton L. Carr, Erwin W. Gilchrist.
Second Class.
Olive B. Gilchrist, Isabel Drake,
Lois M. Holmes,
Helen J. Moorhouse, Amelia M. Baldwin, Lillian Burns.
William E. Waterhouse.
Third Class.
Ethel Fernald, Jessie M. Baker, H. Edith Bradbury, Evelyn S. Chaloner,
Margaret R. Grady, Carrie L. Worthen, Carrie Powers, Amiee L. Sears, Ethel M. Patch.
George P. Bryant, Roland W. Harris,
Albert W. Snow, Samuel Dearborn.
Fourth Class.
Grace Gilmore, Ella N. Guilder, Ethel B. Mayall,
Grace E. Orton, Eugene W. Owen, Maybel L. White, Alma Leighton.
Waldo G. Wildes,
Chas. H. Davis.
Prizes were awarded as follows : First Prize, Olive B. Gilchrist, 2nd class. Second Prize, W. Erwin Gilchrist, Ist class. Third Prize, Evelyn S. Chaloner. Prize for fourth class, Maybel L. White.
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Honorable mention is made of the following scholars for excellence in mathematics :
First Class.
Grace D. Sanford, Grace B. Leighton, Inez V. Stickney.
Ashton L. Carr,
W. E. Gilchrist. Second Class.
Olive B. Gilchrist, A. Gertrude Littlefield, Helen J. Moorhouse.
John H. Larrabee,
Willis B. Moore, William E. Waterhouse.
Third Class.
Ethel Fernald, Carrie L. Powers,
Grace E. Rowe, Laura M. White, George P. Bryant, Samuel Dearborn,
Carrie L. Worthen, Jessie M. Baker, Margaret B. Grady, Gertrude L. Upham. George C. Glover, Roland W. Harris,
Albert W. Snow.
Fourth Class.
Grace P. Washburn, Myra L. Chapin, Ethel B. Mayall,
Edith W. Barron, Susie M. Keizer, Lucia A. Soule,
Grace B. Chapin.
Waldo G. Wilds, Henry L. Davis,
Frank R. Carr, Lewis C. Copeland,
Eugene W. Owen.
Prizes were awarded as follows :
Prize for excellence in geometry, Helen I. Moorhouse, 2nd class.
Prize for excellence in algebra, Gertrude Littlefield, 2d class. Prize for excellence in algebra, Susie M. Keizer, 4th class.
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GRADUATION. MELROSE FIRST GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28th, 1893, 9.30 A. M.
PROGRAMME.
1. OPENING MARCH.
2. CHORUS.
3. RECITATION.
. CASSIE PRATT.
4. RECITATION.
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MATTIE ELLIS.
5. CHORUS.
"Stars of the Summer Night." "The Czar's Banquet."
7. RECITATION. . . FLORENCE SIBLEY. . "How he Saved St. Michael's.".
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SOLO AND CHORUS .;
MAUD GIVEN.
9. RECITATION. . ALICE DAY.
"The Broomstick Train."
10. EXTRACT. . "Massachusetts," H. C. Lodge. . .
FRANK H. MERRILL, JR.
11. VIOLIN SOLO. .
. "Souvenir De Bade," Leonard. LENA TROWBRIDGE. .
12. AWARDING DIPLOMAS.
13. CHORUS. "Along the West."
GRADUATING CLASS.
Ethel S. Armington,
Florence L. Allen,
Amy W. Adams,
Clara E. Baker,
Ethel M. Baker,
Florence E. Bridges,
Thomas Brady, Frederick Cooper,
Georgia I. Carpenter, Eliza M. Collins,
M. Alice Clark, Lillie E. Curry, Ada B. Child,
K. Brooks Harris, Laura Hood, Margaret J. Hodge, Fred W. Jones, Marguerite E. Jones, Edith Kenah, Lottie D. Kilgore, Frank M. Loveland, Marion E. Lang, Ethel L. Latham, Charles L. Latham,
Leon A. Leach, Bertha W. Leighton,
"Gloria."
"The Clown's Baby."
"Legend of Bregenz."
6. RECITATION.
FLORENCE ALLEN.
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Mary A. Curry, Thomas P. Connolly, Walter B. Copeland, Christopher F. Collins, Bayard T. Crane, Alice C. Day, Mabel C. Dodge, Mabel L. E. Day, S. Everett Eldridge, Mattie O. Ellis, Honora M. Foley, Ethel F. Fernald, Emma C. French, Lawrence Franklin, Blanche A. French,
Talmage T. Grady, Maud A. Given, George S. Henderson, Francis W. Hoffman,
Leo A. Provandie,
George B. Prescott, Edith B. Porter,
Marion F. Pulsifer,
Morison R. C. Putnam, George P. Rich, Benjamin C. Read, Percy H. Reeder, Flora L. Robinson, Edward B. Riley, Ina G. Richardson, Esther T. Russell, Charles C. Serra, Florence M. Sanford.
Edith H. Sargent, M. Eleanore Smalley, Laura E. Smith,
Wallace R. Lovett, Gertrude Lombard, Dora A. Mitchell, Frank H. Merrill, Jr., Frank H. Merrill, Eva E. Miller, Francis G. Miller, G. Stanley Morse, Gertrude F. Moore, Mattie C. Mirfield,
Mary T. Murphy, Walter A. T. Norris, Rose M. Norris, Harvey R. Oliver,
Ethel F. Osgood, Amie B. Owen,
Addie L. Pratt,
Cassie L. Pratt, Sara D. Pratt, Eliza L. Sayward,
Gertrude C. Swensson,
Florence D. Sibley, Mildred L. Small, May L. Spear, Annie L. Statham, Lillian M. Tufts, Agnes B. Tuttle, Lena Trowbridge,
Mildred A. Wagg, Edith M. Wallace, Madison Woodward, Harold P. Waterhouse. Marion B. Waterhouse. Emma S. Welden, Ethel Woodman, Lucy M. Westgate.
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FLAG DAYS.
For the purpose of inculcating a spirit of patriotism in all our school children, and giving instruction in our national history, it is hereby ordered that the janitor shall display the national flag, upon all school buildings, from sunrise to sun- set, on the following days.
And in order to still further commemorate the historical events of the day, all teachers will have an exercise or read- ing of the history relating to the event named, said reading or exercise not to occupy more than fifteen minutes, im- mediately after the opening of the morning session of such days. When the day shall come on a Saturday, Sunday, or during a vacation, such commemoration shall take place on the Friday preceding.
January I, Emancipation Proclamation, 1863.
“6 8, Battle of New Orleans, 1815.
15, Capture of Fort Fisher, 1865.
February 6, Victory at Fort Henry, Tenn., 1862.
8, Capture of Roanoke Island, 1862.
12, Birth of Abraham Lincoln, 1809.
66 16, Capture of Fort Donaldson, 1862.
- 18, Capture of Charleston, S. C., 1865.
March 4, Inauguration of president, once in four years.
5, Victory at Pea Ridge, Ark., 1862.
66 9, Battle of the iron clads Monitor and Merrimac, 1862 April 2, Capture of Petersburg, 1865.
" 3, Capture of Richmond, 1865.
" 6-7, Victory at Shiloh, Tenn., 1862.
" 9, Surrender of General Lee, 1865.
" 12, Attack on Fort Sumter, 1861.
" 19, Fight at Concord and Lexington, 1775.
" 25, Capture of New Orleans, 1862.
" 27, Birth of General Grant, 1822.
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May 3, Town of Melrose incorporated, 1850.
" 5-6, Battle of the Wilderness, 1864.
" 30, Capture of Corinth, 1862. Memorial day (half mast).
" 31, Victory at Fair Oaks.
June 14, Adoption of Stars and Stripes as national emblem, 1776.
" 17, Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775.
" 19, Battle between Kearsarge and Alabama, 1864.
" 27, Victory at Kenesaw Mountain, 1864.
July I-4, Battle of Gettysburg, 1863.
" 4, Declaration of Independence, 1776.
September, First day of school year.
60 17, Victory at Antietam, 1862.
October 12, Columbus discovered America, 1492.
66 19, Battle of Cedar Creek, 1864. Surrender of Cornwallis, 1781.
November 7, Capture of Port Royal, S. C., 1861.
6. 16, Sherman started on his march to the sea, 1864.
24, Battle of Lookout Mountain, 1863.
December 15, Victory at Nashville, 1864.
21, Capture of Savannah, 1864.
66 22, Landing of the Pilgrims, 1620.
SCHOOL LAWS.
As a large number of the parents of children of school age do not have free access to the public statutes, and as it is desirable and important that all should know the require- ments of the school laws, a number of the most important statutes are herein printed, together with a decision of the courts regarding the authority of school committee, which is self explanatory.
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EXTRACTS FROM THE PUBLIC STATUTES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
CHAPTER 47.
CONCERNING VACCINATION.
SECTION 9. The school committee shall not allow a child who has not been duly vaccinated to be admitted to or con- nected with the public schools.
CHAPTER 64. [AS AMENDED,) [ACTS OF 1884. ]
AN ACT TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES THROUGH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The school committee shall not allow any pupil to attend the public schools while any member of the family to which such pupil belongs is sick of small pox, diphtheria, or scarlet fever, or during a period of two weeks after death, recovery, or removal of such sick person; and any pupil coming from such household shall be required to present to the teacher of the school the pupil desires to attend, a certificate from the attending physician or board of health, of the facts necessary to entitle him to admission in accordance with the above regulation.
CHAPTER 149. [ACTS OF 1888. ]
AN ACT TO CAUSE PROPER SANITARY PROVISIONS AND PROPER VENTILATION IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND SCHOOLHOUSES.
SECTION I. Every public building and every schoolhouse shall be kept in a cleanly state and free from effluvia arising from any drain, privy, or other nuisance, and shall be pro- vided with a sufficient number of proper water-closets, earth- closets, or privies for the reasonable use of the persons ad- mitted to such public building, or of the pupils attending such schoolhouse.
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SEC. 2. Every public building and every schoolhouse shall be ventilated in such a proper manner that the air shall not become so exhausted as to be injurious to the health of the persons present therein. The provisions of this section and the preceding section shall be enforced by the inspec- tion department of the district police force.
SEC. 3. Whenever it shall appear to any inspector of factories and public buildings that further or different sani- tary provisions or means of ventilation are required in any public building or schoolhouse in order to conform to the requirements of this act, and that the same can be provided without incurring unreasonable expense, such inspector may issue a written order to the proper person or authority, directing such sanitary provisions or means of ventilation to be provided, and they shall thereupon be provided in accord- ance with such order by the public authority, corporation, or person having charge of, owning, or leasing such public building or schoolhouse. Any person or corporation aggrieved by the order of an inspector issued as above pro- vided, and relating to a public building or a schoolhouse in a city or town may, within two weeks of the date of the ser- vice thereof, or in the case of such an order already issued, within thirty days from the date of the passage of this act, apply in writing to the board of health of such city or town to set aside or amend the same; and thereupon, after such notice as said board shall order to all parties interested, a hearing shall be given by said board upon such order of the inspector, and said board may either alter such order, annul it in full or affirm the same. The order so amended shall have the same force and effect as the original order.
SEC. 4. Any school committee, public officer, corpora- tion, or person neglecting for four weeks after the receipt of an order from an inspector, as provided in the preceding section, to provide the sanitary provisions or means of ven-
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tilation required thereby, shall be punished by a fine not ex- ceeding one hundred dollars.
SEC. 5. The expression "public building" used in this act means any building or premises used as a place of public entertainment, instruction, resort or assemblage. The ex- pression "schoolhouse" means any building or premises in which public or private instruction is afforded to not less than ten pupils at one time.
SEC. 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
CHAPTER 203.
CONCERNING INJURY TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
SECTION 78. Whoever wilfully and maliciously or wan- tonly and without cause destroys, defaces, mars, or injures a schoolhouse, church, or other building erected or used for purposes of education or religious instruction, or for the gen- eral diffusion of knowledge, or an out-building, fence, well, or appurtenance of such schoolhouse, church, or other build- ing, or furniture, apparatus or other property belonging to or connected with such schoolhouse, church or other build- ing, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail not exceeding one year.
CHAPTER 103. [ACTS OF 1884. ]
CONCERNING THE FURNISHING AND USE OF FREE TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES,
SECTION I. The school committee of every city and town shall purchase, at the expense of such city or town, text- books and other school supplies used in the public schools ; and said text books and supplies shall be loaned to the pupils of said public schools free of charge, subject to such rules and regulations as to care and custody as the school committee may prescribe.
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CHAPTER 161.
[ACTS OF 1885. ]
AN ACT RELATING TO THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF BOOKS BY SCHOOL COMMITTEES.
SECTION 2. School committees may procure, at the expense of the city or town, in accordance with appropria- tions therefor previously made, such apparatus, books of reference, and other means of illustration as they deem necessary for the schools under their supervision.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
CHAPTER 332.
[ACTS OF 1885. ]
AN ACT REQUIRING PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE TO BE TAUGHT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SECTION I. Physiology and Hygiene, which, in both divisions of the subject, shall include special instruction as to the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants and narcotics on the human system, shall be taught as a regular branch of study to all pupils in all schools supported wholly or in part by public money, except special schools maintained solely for instruction in particular branches, such as draw- ing, mechanics, art, and like studies. All acts or parts of acts relating to the qualifications of teachers in the public schools shall apply to the branch of study prescribed in this act.
CHAPTER 47.
[AS AMENDED.]
CONCERNING THE ATTENDANCE OF CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS.
SECTION I. Every person having under his control a child between the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall annually cause such child to attend some public day school in the city or town in which he resides, and such attendance shall
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continue for at least thirty weeks of the school year if the schools are kept open that length of time, with an allowance of two weeks' time for absences not excused by the super- intendent of schools or the school committee, and for every neglect of such duty the person shall, upon the complaint of the school committee or any truant officer, forfeit to the use of the public schools of such city or town a sum not exceeding twenty dollars; but if such child has attended for a like period of time, a private day school approved by the school committee of such city or town, or if such child has been otherwise instructed for a like period of time in the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools, or if his physical or mental condition is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or impracticable, such penalties shall not be incurred.
SEC. 2. For the purposes of the preceding section school committees shall approve a private school only when the teaching therein is in the English language, and when they are satisfied that such teaching equals in thoroughness and efficiency the teaching in the public schools in the same locality, and that equal progress is made by the pupils therein, in the studies required by law, with that made during the same time in the public schools; but they shall not refuse to approve a private school on account of the religious teaching therein.
SEC. 3. The truant officers and the school committee of the several cities and towns shall vigilantly inquire into all cases of neglect of the duty prescribed in section one, and ascertain the reasons, if any, therefor; and such truant officers, or any of them, shall, when so directed by the school committee, prosecute, in the name of the city or town, any person liable to the penalty provided for in said section. Police, district and municipal courts, trial justices, and judges
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